“…Glucose (50 mg/mouse, or as indicated) was injected intraperitoneally 3 h after treatments, followed by the collection of serum samples at the indicated times. Epinephrine at 0.1 or 1 mg/kg (Mylan, Stockholm, Sweden) and propranolol at 5 mg/kg (catalog #P0884; Sigma-Aldrich, Stockholm, Sweden) were coadministered with glucose as indicated (12)(13)(14). Blood glucose levels were measured (OnetouchUltra2; LifeScan, Milpitas, CA), and insulin and C-peptide levels were assayed in serum using ELISA (Mercodia, Uppsala, Sweden, and Crystal Chem, Downers Grove, IL, respectively).…”